Peter Dutton says tax cut plan ‘too costly’ and Dickson locals would ‘riot’ against any wind farm plan

Opposition leader Peter Dutton told the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia people in his electorate would ‘riot’ if a wind farm project was proposed. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Peter Dutton suggested the Coalition may go to the next election with no alternative to Labor’s revamped stage-three income tax cuts, arguing it will depend on the pre-election budget.

Speaking to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia on Thursday, the opposition leader said that it would be too “costly” to propose tax cuts now and argued he’d need the help of Treasury and the finance department to formulate a policy after the election.